Taniguchi Yasunori, Yoshida Munehito, Doi Nobuhiro, Tamaki Kouichi, Tamaki Tetsuya
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
J Reconstr Microsurg. 2002 Feb;18(2):71-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2002-19884.
The authors successfully treated two cases of wrist arthritis severely infected by Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis with vascularized fibular osteocutaneous grafts. The surgical procedure was divided into two stages, with extensive debridement of the infected wrist joint, and reconstruction with a vascularized fibular osteocutaneous flap. This two-staged surgery yielded complete amelioration of the severely infected wrist arthritis, and permanent stabilization of the wrist joint.
